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Tannim, Trump borrowed a "yuge" amount of money and frittered it away on jets, doodads and trinkets for various women in his life, real estate, bare land, hotels, etc, etc - he 'built his brand' with borrowed money, then began defaulting on those loans when the interest payments became too onerous. The bankruptcy of four ventures followed, along with the loss of jobs, decimation of investors, and more we can't know about because he won't release his taxes. The biggest questions involve the possibility of him claiming interest payments as deductions while claiming business losses on those same items at the same time. Perhaps not just tax avoidance but tax evasion, a genuine crime. Trump is skating on thin ice with his taxes.

We still need to know why Russia came to his defense in the United Nations spat, on who he is beholden to in the Russian oligarchy, what the terms of his Chinese banking arrangements are, and why he calls Kim Jong Un and Vlad the Annexer strong leaders. Does that portend the type of reign he envisions for himself in the Presidency?

Helen, Thanks for the article. I have a different reason for wanting to keep the Colorado constitutional amending process as simple as possible is because of things that have gotten into the constitution that need revision or repeal...TABOR comes to mind.

Tannim, one more time - be nice. Doctors and nurses WILL be able to avoid paperwork and spend more time on care. The current health insurance industry is a giant tapeworm in our system, sucking 30% of the value from premiums collected for the benefit of CEOs, Boards of Directors and investors. It is as corrupt as anything I can imagine. One of the things that might go away is the $4000 one night room charge I experienced recently - that's just one thing that will change, along with $150 tylenol, just to mention a couple of sore spots. Go enjoy a broken leg in France, or Canada, for that matter - no charge, just get better - bon jour!

Mr. Little - the importance of local newspapers is a mixed bag that is often influenced by corporate masters. Where I live they installed a devout religious type as the man in charge and the newspaper reflects that...except that it only reflects that. Not much substance. I haven't read your periodical, but will pick one up the next time I'm in Westcliffe.

As a combat veteran who has studied the research done by Israel over the past 4 decades and self-medicated (illegally until I came back to CO) I understand a bit about how the CB1 receptors function and how cannabinoids act as a buffer to lessen the effect on the synapses. That said, I would hate to imagine my life without the ability to soften some of the ongoing symptoms of PTSD that was exacerbated by mTBIs suffered from muzzle blasts of countless rounds of outgoing artillery. The prognosis without CBDs and MMJ would be bleak indeed, with my condition degrading to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a condition that won't even be diagnosable until my autopsy is performed - not looking forward to that, personally.

The archaic, misdirected machinations of the DEA, FDA and USDA have engineered an about face on CBD derived from the hemp plant - that innocuous member of the cannabis family that, by international definition, contains less than .3% THC. This is a direct play by the FDA and Big Pharma and not without a little help from the MMJ industry heavyweights to keep affordable CBD out of edibles because they have declared it an "adulterant". This, too, is why elections matter!

Many people pick up after their pets, packing out the bag on the way back from their hike. Unfortunately, some folks think their work is done once the stuff is bagged. Poop in a bag is twice as bad as poop on a trail. And: poop in a bag tied to a tree is just the worst! Seeing that one time was weird. Seeing that more than once makes me think that some people are just nuts. Finally, don't toss those bags down a hillside; that does not make them disappear. Pack it out.

Tannim, if you think Gary Johnson has a snowball's chance in hell of being elected - wait - I already said that! Apparently it didn't take. Trump is a thug, he hangs out with thugs, he answers to thugs and splitting the vote would make it possible for that thug to win. No freakin' way!

In a state that already has its share of stoners Johnson proved one more time in Denver that he was right at home. No offense meant - I partake as well...but I'm pretty sure you wouldn't elect me to office and I'm usually pretty lucid. Johnson isn't.

The more I read of Trump's tax reform ideas the more I'm sure that it's going to look like a 'flat tax' scam. I say scam because it doesn't work for those living paycheck to paycheck. A simple comparison will show the huge disparity: Let's say taxpayer A makes $650,000,000 in a given tax year and is forced to surrender 10% of that booty to the Federal Government. Gosh that's a whopping $65,000,000! But it leaves him $585,000,000 to scrape by on. Taxpayer B, on the other hand, is a waitress or a college student working his/her way through school and makes (and this is more generous than reality) $10.00/hr. Let's also assume that these folks manage to work 40 hours a week...tough for both of them, one a single mom and the other a full time student. That's $20,800 a year. With a flat tax of 10% that's $2,080 to the Gov't, leaving a tidy sum of $18,720 to pay rent, maintain a car, pay for child care, food, etc, etc. I'm sure there's enough for savings and a ski trip to Switzerland left in there somewhere...

Trump is not a real estate developer - he's a gambler and a risk taker who owns and operates casinos around the world. If he has a casino on the Black Sea (Sochi, anyone?) then who does he pay homage to in order to keep operating? I would surmise it's the Russian mob, and we all know what a fine bunch of upstanding citizens they are. If he owns a casino in Macao (mainland China) then the controllers there are the Chinese Tong that run gambling there. And does this infer that he has 'business' dealings with organized crime in this country? Well, I suppose, but they don't call themselves that here anymore - they call themselves casino operators.

If you still have questions about this man then look at the gang of thugs he hired to operate his campaign - Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, who may be getting indicted for not registering as lobbyists for the Ukraine when the Russian backed strongman Yevtushenko was running the country; Roger Ailes, who was just dismissed from Fox News for sexual harassment of his female employees; Steve Bannon, who was the CEO of Breitbart and is the darling of the white supremacy movement. That's just the group we know about. This dolt (T.Rump), is a bully and a thug.

As the son of a WWII POW and a Vietnam vet I am offended by his treatment of both of our groups - and everyone who has shared those experiences should be as well. you can scream Benghazi/emails as loud as you want, but nothing compares to bankrupting 4 business, costing thousands of jobs, breaking investors and avoiding responsibility. According to him, that's just 'good bidness', and it makes him a genius. As far as his integrity, he either lied to his supporters in the primary debates when he said he didn't have anything to do with 'pay to play' for a casino in Florida, or he lied in the deposition about the same issue. And then there's the Trump Foundation that was told to stop raising money in New York because it wasn't properly registered. Some businessman!

Wake up, people! The two main characters who have been sliming Hillary Clinton for the past 25 years are running his campaign. What kind of garbage do you expect to come out of that duo?

Len Bentley writes:
“We are divided by a force far more dangerous to liberty than things like ethnicity. We are increasingly divided between makers and takers, and the takers are winning. They represent a huge portion of the Clinton constituency.”

Len, please allow me to introduce you to a man named Donald Trump. Recent revelations disclose just WHO the “takers” REALLY are, and they ain’t the single mothers working two minimum wage jobs who “take” advantage of food stamps, and who will vote for Hillary Clinton.
You are a victim of the viral myth perpetrated by people LIKE Donald Trump who have successfully distracted you, and a portion of the American public, from noticing just who should be included in Romney’s despised “47 percent”. If there are bigger “takers” than Donald Trump, and I’m sure there are, they ain’t voting for Clinton, and I’m of the notion that THEY are far more “dangerous to liberty”.

Building a Light rail line the length of Nevada is the best thing this city could do for its long term future. Turning the old Dog Track into a transit hub is the next smartest thing they could do. For the people who bought expensive homes on Nevada expecting what has been the major road through downtown for the entire existence of this city to be a quiet neighborhood street have simply deluded themselves. Maintaining your bit of Mayberry is pretty self centered. Light rail of some type on Nevada is the only way to go, and modifying the median is the only way to make that happen. Nevada was designed at its current width in order to facilitate trolly cars. Trees and grass are nice and should be maintained where feasible, but bringing back this alternate form of transportation to the heart of Colorado Springs is simply the smartest thing we could do.

Tannim, you've marched your lack of concern for our country out one more time. After months of investigation and testimony the FBI determined there were no serious violations of national security. Keep on beating that dead horse. I told you what I thought of Gary Johnson after his "What's Aleppo" gaffe; now I've gotten to see two more interviews/town hall meetings and Johnson's coherency and questionable mentality stand out even more starkly. Was he stoned the last time he rambled through an interview? Are YOU stoned thinking that Johnson has a snowball's chance in hell of being elected?

My father was an 'original' member of the Air Force, converting from the Army Air Corps. He had a 4 digit serial number in the 'A' category. He was a lifelong member of the Air Defense Command, a fighter pilot, a WWII hero and WWII POW. He helped with the planning for the NORAD system, aided in the move from the Chidlaw Building to Cheyenne Mountain. When I was a PFC in the Army he took me on a tour of the Operations Center. I guarantee if he were alive today he would be furious at being on the end of Trump's comment about POWs...and so the real point is this - if you think splitting the vote will make you feel more comfortable just wait until the caca hits the fan if Trump is elected because of it.

You never replied to my first comment on your idiocy, but have since called me ignorant regarding Manitou Springs and TABOR, and you've called the City Council in Manitou Springs greedy. Fine. If the City Council there is greedy then why do things keep moving in that direction? Is it because the voters there may be re-electing greedy people, or is there an underlying economic reason requiring more revenue? I recently saw the 'roundabout' at a previously unmanageable intersection and though it to be well designed and a needed improvement. Maybe they just need the money and can't raise the revenue the normal way thanks to TABOR.

The truth is this - TABOR stinks. Cronyism is still alive in the political world with regard to development/developers, and TABOR couldn't reign that in. Colorado's infrastructure has gone to hell in a hand basket thanks to lack of revenue and spending continues to increase in other areas deemed 'more important' by lawmakers. Colorado's once great school system is unbalanced with regard to how it is funded and you keep on keeping' on the TABOR train.

Mr. Mckeown - the old north end, who are connected, are having cascade by CC brought down to one lane "for safety concerns".

You make an excellent point about there being a whole bunch of meetings to 'listen', community input committees padded with the Mayor minons and PR specialists who 'collect' ideas and concerns that do nothing other than claim the citizens were involved while the plans are laid, the concerns not addressed and we are told you had your chance because there were meetings.

I do like the idea of the Trolley down Nevada and into OCC and Manitou.